A trade deal with the USA looks as elusive as ever
The Good Friday Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol continue to prove sticking points
Tony Burke
Website Tony Burke is President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions; a former assistant general secretary of Unite; Trade Union co-ordinator for the Morning Star newspaper and chair of the Campaign For Trade Union Freedom. He is a contributing editor of Left Foot Forward blogging on trade, international issues and workers’ and union rights. As well as LFF, he contributes to the Morning Star, Campaign For Trade Union Freedom website, and his own Power In A Union site.
Brexit has been a total failure and the government is covering up the damage it has done
With the 6th anniversary of the Brexit vote looming, Labour should loudly highlight the damage being done
Labour in the U.K. can learn much from the Australian Labor Party victory
Closely working with unions to fight for workers’ rights is a factor that should not be overlooked when seeking to explain the success of the Australian Labor Party.
Why government plans to ditch promised new workers’ rights laws should worry us all
‘The long-awaited employment bill, which was expected to have included rights to flexible working, predictable working hours and more protection for pregnant workers is not expected to be included in the forthcoming Queens Speech.’
What the UK could learn from New Zealand’s planned labour laws
Jacinda Ardern’s Government has introduced legislation to enable industry-wide collective bargaining
Unions slam Boris Johnson’s latest National Shipbuilding Strategy
Johnson has re-announced previous cash promised two years ago and failed to set out details for how vessels would be delivered.
How Tory attempts to strike a trade deal with the US are taking a farcical turn
‘The UK government says it now believes that the US federal structure opens up opportunities to reach deals on a state by state basis’
Is the government considering ditching animal welfare for trade deals?
Labour’s Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Government is “considering dropping animal welfare and food standards and allowing hormone-treated beef into UK markets.”
The government’s latest attempt to make Brexit work will fail
Boris Johnson says the Brexit Freedom’s Bill will help the UK become “the number one place invest and do business because of freedoms that we have.”
The Tory government’s problems on trade just got worse
‘The US snubbed them on the issue of ending tariffs on UK imported steel and aluminium’
